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  1. Re:Profiling? on New Crime-Predicting Algorithm Borrows From Apollo Space Mission Tech (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yeah, better to make the police less effective incase someone's feelings get hurt.

  2. Next will be heat resistant glue and ultrasonic welding

  3. Re:Easy.... on Ask Slashdot: How Do You Handle Hardware That Never Gets Software Updates? (hpe.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    A pacemaker corrects irregular heart rhythms, that if left uncorrected may result in a heart attack, resulting in death. Hence a pacemaker can keep someone alive.

    People who have pacemakers usually don't have them implanted for fun. They usually have them implanted as their other option is to die from heart failure.

  4. Re:misleading title of article on New Crime-Predicting Algorithm Borrows From Apollo Space Mission Tech (digitaltrends.com) · · Score: 1

    google "kalman filter"

  5. How is it racial profiling? Who's putting race into the prediction models?

    It's violent gang related crime profiling.

  6. Re:Yeah hyperthreading can go on Leaked Benchmarks Suggest Intel Will Drop Hyperthreading From Core i7 Chips (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    HT on the old P4's was pretty shit. In most cases the overhead outweighed the benefits.
    Modern CPU's have a higher number of execution units per core now. the only way to keep them all running at once is speculative execution or hyperthreading. Using both is even better.

  7. Re:spectre mitigation? on Leaked Benchmarks Suggest Intel Will Drop Hyperthreading From Core i7 Chips (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    spectre related attacks rely on speculative execution. hyperthreading is not speculative execution.
    There are plenty of CPU's vulnerable to spectre attacks that have no hyperthreading capability. turning it off on your Intel CPU doesn't mitigate it either.

  8. Re:Never been a fan of hyperthreading on Leaked Benchmarks Suggest Intel Will Drop Hyperthreading From Core i7 Chips (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    HT can reduce context switching overheads and it can make use of more execution units at once.

  9. Re:Really poorly written article on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 1

    Lefties like throwing their weight around.
    https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/...
    A far-right group wanted to hire some venues to host some talks in Auckland. The council owned venue refused them because of fears there would be violent left-wing protests their security staff wouldn't be able to cope with.

  10. Re:Really poorly written article on Twitter Is Limiting the Visibility of Prominent Republicans In Search Results (vice.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Private companies can do what they want.
    However, they should also not lie to the public.
    When they say "We are transparent about our political activity and contributions." and "We believe in free expression and think every voice has the power to impact the world.", yet they are "shadow banning" members of a single political party, things don't add up.

    Quotes can be found here: https://about.twitter.com/en_u...

  11. Re:have they solved the problem? on Uber Self-Driving Cars Back On Public Roads, But In Manual Mode (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    or "a system that detects hazards ahead of the vehicle and continues to mow down the offending jaywalker"

  12. "Mission Specialists" on Uber Self-Driving Cars Back On Public Roads, But In Manual Mode (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    They should give them a more accurate name, like "Pedestrian killers" or something.

  13. Re:No way to fix this issue on Apple Confirms MacBook Pro Thermal Throttling, Issues Software Fix (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    As long as the VRM's last as long as AppleCare, it doesn't matter.

  14. Re:Uh, Apple, um... question: on Apple Confirms MacBook Pro Thermal Throttling, Issues Software Fix (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    They tested watching cat videos on youtube, what else?

  15. Re:magnets how do they work? on American Airlines Is Using a CT Scanner To Screen Luggage At New York's JFK Airport (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    are you confused between CT scanners and MRI?

    CAT scans use x rays. MRI uses magnets.

  16. Ordering more stuff online, spread out over even more separate deliveries causes more resources to be used to ship the extra stuff you're ordering more often.

  17. Re:Connect? on Facebook Confirms It's Working on a New Internet Satellite (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It guarantees your personal data will be sold.
    It should provide better chances of it not being leaked though, as it has commercial value.

  18. Follow the advice from the OS. That's the software that is controlling the physical writes to your USB device. It's the software that's caching not only the file data, but the filesystem data too.
    If you didn't need to eject your USB device before pulling it out, the OS wouldn't tell you you've done something bad when you do it.

  19. Re:Less safe.. great argument.... on FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May Be the 'Remedy' (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 1

    The government don't need your house keys, they can legally break your door down and have the tools at their disposal to do so.

  20. The goal in most investigations seems to be collect everything (wildly invade peoples privacy) and then decide what is relevant later.

    Which makes all evidence gathered inadmissible, as well as any further evidence found because of the illegally obtained evidence.

    It's the best way to have a court case thrown out, the criminals walk free, and never able to be prosecuted for those crimes again.

  21. numbers stations are for transmitting encrypted data.
    If you don't have the right code book, it's impossible to decrypt.

    What's that got to do with legislating against encryption?

  22. Encryption export policy reversed? on FBI Director: Without Compromise on Encryption, Legislation May Be the 'Remedy' (cyberscoop.com) · · Score: 2

    Like the old export restrictions on strong cryptography, is USA going to ban imports of strong cryptography?

    "I'm sorry, you can enter USA with your phone, it's too secure. Dispose of it or get back on the plane home"

  23. Compared to Gorilla Glass 3? on Corning's New Gorilla Glass 6 Will Let Your Phones Survive 15 Drops (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    I dropped a 2014 Moto X on the train once. First time ever dropped, screen shattered. I assume the floor of the train was vinyl covered steel.

  24. So maybe 15 drops, maybe 1

  25. I much prefer having to pay $0.00 of a price that is 40% cheaper.
    Although in my particular country, I pay nothing and the government pays less than the US government would have for the same procedures..